THE CENTURIONS. by Jean Larteguy ‧ RELEASE DATE: Jan. 3, The defeat in Indo-China and the fall of Dien Bien Phu failed to drive home to the French politicians, general staff and civilians in the far-off capital, the fact that the policies were outworn, that the old army operations were useless against a ruthless Comunist enemy and a guerrilla bltadwin.ru: Kirkus Reviews. About The Centurions. The military cult classic with resonance to the wars in Iraq and Vietnam—now back in print When The Centurions was first published in , readers were riveted by the thrilling account of soldiers fighting for survival in hostile environments. They were equally transfixed by the chilling moral question the novel posed: how to fight when the “age of heroics is over.”Pages: The Centurions was the second by Jean Larteguy (a French Marine Paratrooper combat veteran before becoming a journalist and novelist) in a trilogy of novels he wrote on the political, ethical, and strategic challenges of modern warfare using Indo-China (Vietnam) and Algeria as backdrops/5().
Jean LartBguy: A Popular Phenomenon by David O'Connell WITH THE PUBLICATION IN of Les Centurions, Jean Larteguy's name became almost overnight something of a household word in France. Opinions vary on the literary worth of Larteguy's oeuvre, but there can be no doubt that during the sixties he was. The Centurions was the second by Jean Larteguy (a French Marine Paratrooper combat veteran before becoming a journalist and novelist) in a trilogy of novels he wrote on the political, ethical, and strategic challenges of modern warfare using Indo-China (Vietnam) and Algeria as backdrops. Originally published in French in , The Centurions is. The military cult classic with resonance to the wars in Iraq and Vietnam—now back in print. When The Centurions was first published in , readers were riveted by the thrilling account of soldiers fighting for survival in hostile bltadwin.ru were equally transfixed by the chilling moral question the novel posed: how to fight when the "age of heroics is over.".
The introduction by Robert D. Kaplan to Larteguy’s novel, The Centurions (Penguin Classics, pp., $18, paper), is superb. The translation by Xan Fielding, the author of several fine war books of his own, is pitch perfect. Larteguy’s book is a masterpiece on how to fight a war of counterinsurgency. About The Centurions. The military cult classic with resonance to the wars in Iraq and Vietnam—now back in print When The Centurions was first published in , readers were riveted by the thrilling account of soldiers fighting for survival in hostile environments. They were equally transfixed by the chilling moral question the novel posed: how to fight when the “age of heroics is over.”. The Centurions. Larteguy, Jean. Published by Penguin Classics, ISBN ISBN Seller: HPB-Diamond, Dallas, TX, U.S.A. Contact seller.
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